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Atmospheric Buddhism: How Buddhism is Distributed, Felt, and Moralized in a Repressive Society
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 701-719, December 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT A growing number of lay Buddhist practitioners have sought out alternative ways to incorporate Buddhist teachings in their daily practices and make positive changes in society by “doing good” for others. Sometimes recognized as part of “humanistic Buddhism,” this approach emphasizes general morality and focuses on people who need help as a way
Yasmin Cho
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Being Zen: Pelevin, Buddha, and the Void
The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 599-612, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Victor Pelevin, whose rise to popularity coincided with the fall of the Soviet Union, critiques the notion of national identity via the prism of Zen Buddhism. Pelevin embraces the religion’s idea of the volatile self and undertakes the project of spiritually empowering the Russians, by exposing the futility of constructing any national ...
Daniel Taehun Lee
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The spaces of religion: a view from South Asia★
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 553-572, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Anthropologists have spilt much ink deconstructing concepts inherited from the Enlightenment. Religion, possibly the most misleading such concept, has proved highly resistant to the acid of cross‐cultural comparison. Debates about the nature of religion go back to sociocultural anthropology's beginnings as a discipline and beyond.
David N. Gellner
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Religions, 2021 This paper focuses on the iconography of “the Listener” in Buddhist prints that was adopted in Joseon dynasty Sakyamuni Preaching paintings. Regarding change in the Listener iconography from bodhisattva form to monk form, diverse research has been ...
Jahyun Kim
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International Wound Journal, Volume 20, Issue 6, Page 2159-2168, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Despite lower‐limb amputation being common among patients with diabetic foot ulcers, few studies have qualitatively investigated the patients' perspectives. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the thoughts and experiences of patients with diabetic foot ulcers regarding lower‐limb amputation in Hong Kong.
Ka‐Huen Yip +2 more
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PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY OF JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2015 The purpose of the article is to understand the philosophy of technology of José Ortega y Gasset. The task is to examine the works of José Ortega y Gasset, first, the origin and the main stages of technological development; secondly, the relationship of ...
Oksana F. Tereshkun
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Embracing the Paradox: A Bodhisattva Path
Religions, 2022 This article addresses the significance of paradox as a steady presence in our lives. Contradictions and ambiguities often lead to aversive states of anxious uncertainty where straightforward answers are often unavailable yet sought after to alleviate ...
Monica Bhattacharjee
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Can Arhats Attain Buddhahood? An Issue in the Interpretation of the Lotus Sūtra
Távol-keleti Tanulmányok, 2023 The Lotus Sutra is well known for its teaching of the One Vehicle. According to this teaching, although the Buddha preached that there are three paths to buddhahood (the paths of the śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas and bodhisattva), there is in fact only one ...
Robert F. Rhodes
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he Enumeration of the Names-Epithets of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Buddhist Sources [PDF]
Гуманитарный векторThe article provides the analysis and typology of the enumerations of the names-epithets of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas recorded in Buddhist texts that were spread throughout the Buddhist area.
Safarali Kh. Shomakhmadov
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Монголоведение, 2023 Introduction. The study of the pantheon of deities — along with the corpus of related texts once used by Kalmyk Buddhists — is still an underdeveloped field of Oriental studies.
Deliash N. Muzraeva
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